Major space agency NASA are known to have plans for any outcome, including a protocol for communicating with the global population in the event of an unavoidable scenario, such as a massive asteroid heading towards Earth where no intervention is possible.
Thanks to modern technology, NASA and other global space agencies possess the capability to detect any celestial object approaching Earth. In the event of an impending threat, such as a massive asteroid, these agencies would issue advanced warnings.
A coalition of astronomers known as the International Asteroid Warning Network would be alerted in the case of a potential doomsday impact. If the threat is deemed significant, NASA would coordinate with the government of the targeted nation and subsequently inform other affected regions and the United Nations.
The response strategy depends on the time remaining until impact. If less than five years are left, the focus would be on destroying the asteroid. For longer timeframes, NASA would attempt to redirect the asteroid using ‘kinetic impact,’ essentially nudging it off course by colliding it with a high-mass object.
Luckily the world won’t be facing any “Don’t Look Up” situations any time soon as according to NASA the next possible asteroid collision with Earth is all the way in the year 2182.
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